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I’m T. – a mom who turned years of allergy challenges into a practical guide. Here you’ll find support, education & safe food ideas for your family.

29/09/2026

If my child starts tolerating one food, does that mean the other allergies might start improving too?

It’s an understandable question—especially for families managing multiple food allergies.

But current evidence suggests that tolerance is largely allergen-specific.

If a child naturally outgrows an egg allergy, for example, that does not appear to “teach” the immune system to automatically tolerate peanut, milk or another unrelated allergen.

The same principle largely applies to oral immunotherapy (OIT). The immune changes produced by OIT are primarily directed toward the allergen being treated. So successful OIT to one food does not currently mean we should expect unrelated food allergies to decrease as a result.

There is, however, an important exception: cross-desensitisation.

Closely related allergens may share sufficiently similar proteins for treatment of one to increase tolerance to another. Well-described examples include cashew → pistachio and walnut → pecan.

And children with multiple food allergies can absolutely outgrow more than one allergy over time.

But if milk and egg both resolve during childhood, for example, that does not prove that tolerating milk caused the egg allergy to disappear. Both may simply be following their own natural history.

Researchers are also studying broader mechanisms such as bystander immune tolerance, but we do not currently have evidence that developing tolerance to one unrelated food reliably causes tolerance to others.

So the hopeful part is real: multiple allergies can improve.

We just can’t yet say that overcoming one allergy starts a domino effect on the rest.

28/09/2026

A diagnosis can tell you what your child is allergic to.

But it doesn’t necessarily tell you how to live with it.

How do you manage the fear?
What do you do at school, at restaurants, on birthdays or while travelling?
Where do you find practical, trustworthy support when everyday life suddenly feels completely different?

In this episode, Maja and I talk about what came after diagnosis for both of us — and how those experiences eventually shaped the work we do today.

For Maja, that meant supporting other parents navigating food allergies.
For me, that gap between medical information and real life eventually became one of the reasons I started writing my guide.

Because sometimes what parents need most is not more fear.

It’s someone who understands the question:
“Okay… what do we do now?”

What did YOU need most after the diagnosis?
Tell us in the comments. 🤍

28/09/2026

Donkey milk comes up surprisingly often in conversations about allergies and asthma.
Donkey milk has an unusual protein profile and contains bioactive components including lysozyme, lactoferrin and α-lactalbumin. Research has described antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties, and its potential health effects continue to be investigated.

There is also an interesting connection with cow’s milk allergy. In one prospective study, 78 children with cow’s milk allergy underwent an oral food challenge with donkey milk, and only one reacted.

That makes donkey milk an interesting potential nutritional alternative for selected patients. But tolerance in cow’s milk allergy is very different from evidence that donkey milk can treat or cure allergies in general.
❗️And this part matters:

❌Donkey milk is not allergen-free.

It contains its own casein and whey proteins, including β-lactoglobulin and α-lactalbumin. Allergic reactions to donkey milk itself have also been reported. For someone with an existing milk allergy, it isn’t something to simply introduce at home based on something seen online.

So what about the much broader claim that donkey milk cures allergies or asthma?

Current clinical evidence does not support that claim.

There is genuinely interesting science here. There are biological properties and potential health applications worth investigating further. But therapeutic potential and a proven treatment are two very different things.

Donkey milk isn’t nonsense. But it isn’t magic either. 🫏🥛

💡Research behind this post:

Khan MZ et al. (2024), Frontiers in Nutrition — review of donkey milk composition, bioactive components and potential health effects.
Read the paper⁠

Sarti L et al. (2019), Italian Journal of Pediatrics — prospective study of donkey milk tolerability in children with cow’s milk allergy, including oral food challenges.
Read the study⁠

Martini M et al. (2021), Nutrients — review of donkey milk composition, nutritional properties and use in cow’s milk protein allergy.
Read the review⁠

27/09/2026

I came across a post from a parent who, once again, had to explain that their child’s allergy was real. That the precautions weren’t excessive. That “just relax” wasn’t particularly helpful.

And it made me think about something we rarely talk about.

Managing food allergy is already work.

But when people repeatedly question your judgement, minimise the risk or treat precautions as an overreaction, another job appears:

managing their doubt.

More explaining.
More justifying.
More proving.

And that is a burden the allergy itself didn’t create.

Maybe that’s why comments like “you worry too much” can hit such a nerve.

I hear versions of this all the time — from the allergy community, friends, even extended family.

So today, I’m especially grateful for the people who listen, care, learn and take food allergies seriously.

Because somehow, in 2026, we are still talking about whether people believe food allergies are real.

Which is a strange sentence to even have to write.

Sometimes the person being told “you worry too much” has spent years learning exactly what deserves worry — and what to do about it.

A reaction should never have to become the proof.

27/09/2026

Neke ideje s vremenom prerastu prostor u kojem su nastale.

Već neko vrijeme vode se razgovori o tome što nedostaje, što bi moglo biti bolje i što možemo napraviti drugačije.

Još nije vrijeme da kažemo sve.

Ali nešto polako dobiva oblik.

I uskoro ćemo vam reći više. 🤍

26/09/2026

By the time I started Tatjana Z. Coric, MSc | Food Allergy, I already knew a lot more than I did at the beginning.

One guide was almost finished. I was already writing another. Years of questions, research and real life with food allergies had accumulated along the way.

And I wanted somewhere for all of that to live beyond the pages of a book.

A place to raise awareness. To explain the things that took me far too long to piece together. To talk about the science, but also about what that science looks like in schools, restaurants, travel and everyday life.

Because I still remembered what it felt like at the beginning — when there was plenty of information, but very little sense of direction.

That’s who I had in mind when I built this page.

Not because I had just started searching.

Because I finally had something worth sharing. 🤍

25/09/2026

Sometimes saying “this is hard” is not a request for advice, comparison or perspective.

It is simply a request to be seen.

For allergy parents, “hard” can mean the things people rarely notice — the checking, the planning, the explaining, the responsibility that never fully switches off.

And when that weight is met with “others have it hard too”, the pain doesn’t disappear.

People just learn to stop talking about it.

No one’s struggle becomes less valid because someone else’s is acknowledged.

Your pain doesn’t have to be the worst to deserve compassion.

Sometimes the kindest response is also the simplest:

“I hear you. That sounds hard.”

24/09/2026

Eating out with food allergies is never just about choosing what to order.

It’s about asking the right questions, trusting the person in front of you, thinking about cross-contact, and knowing that one misunderstanding can have serious consequences.

In Episode 5, we talk about what eating out really looks like for families managing food allergies — and why something so ordinary for others can require so much planning for us.

Can we ever just eat out?

Tell us about your experience in the comments. 🤍

24/09/2026

Some places have stronger systems around food allergy safety in schools — and the difference is not “allergy-free”.

It’s preparedness.

Clear plans. Trained staff. Emergency procedures. Access to adrenaline. Clear responsibility.

Australia, England and Ontario all approach school allergy safety with stronger formal structures than many places do.

None of them are perfect. But that framework matters.

Because when a child is at risk of anaphylaxis, safety should not depend on whether the right adult happens to be nearby, whether someone remembers what to do, or how hard a parent has had to fight for a plan.

We don’t need perfect schools.
We need prepared schools.

Which country should I look at next?

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